Topic clusters mapped from your domain.
Architecture-first SEO. Pillars and supporting topics planned before a single article is written — because authority is structural, not lexical. WriteGarden reads your domain, your category, and the SERP, and returns a cluster map you can actually publish against.
Volume · difficulty · CPC · SERP data · AEO opportunity detection — in one pass, not six tabs.
Architecture beats keyword lists.
A flat keyword list optimises pages in isolation — each article competes alone, ranks alone, and plateaus alone. A topical cluster builds structural authority: one pillar article plus 5–10 supporting articles, internally linked, telling search engines (and AI engines) that the site owns the territory. WriteGarden plans this structure first, then writes against it. The compounding effect shows up in 60–90 days.
What gets mapped.
From your URL plus a category prompt, the research pass returns:
Pillar topics
The 3–6 broad themes that define topical authority in your category.
Supporting clusters
5–10 supporting article ideas per pillar, with intent classification (informational, commercial, navigational).
Volume and difficulty
Search volume, competitive difficulty, and CPC per keyword — sourced from SERP-grade data, not estimates.
SERP context
Who currently ranks, what content type wins (article, video, listicle), and which features (FAQ, How-to, Image) appear.
AEO opportunities
Questions AI engines are answering for your category today, ranked by citation frequency and competitive emptiness.
Negative-keyword filtering
Off-topic, low-intent, or brand-confusion terms filtered out so the cluster doesn't drift.
AEO opportunity detection.
Traditional keyword tools rank by search volume. WriteGarden also ranks by AI-engine citation opportunity — questions that AI engines are answering today, where competitors are weak or absent. That second list is where the next 18 months of organic acquisition is going.
Cluster balance tracking.
As articles ship, the research view updates: which clusters are saturated, which are thin, which pillars need supporting depth before they'll rank. The map evolves with the garden — not a one-time research dump that goes stale.
Research feeds the rest of the pipeline.
Every keyword that survives the research pass carries its intent classification, target market, and AEO signals into the generation step. The brief writes itself; the article is conditioned on the cluster from word one. No re-briefing, no copy-paste between tools.